Old Cork Photos

[fed up]

 

[Harry Boyle]

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Wonder who the norries were in the photo.

 

[Harry Boyle]

Roches Stores 1983

 

[Corks finest]

Love these old photos of my town

 

[Swanforthelough]

Now that you mention I remember my uncle saying something about music in there too.

The day the music died at Cork's Savoy cinema

In Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN returns to the topic of cinemas — recalling the dismantling of the Savoy organ, and the time nuns halted a showing ...

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[The High King]

Wonder who the norries were in the photo.

Extremely doubtful they're norries. The marina would've been a popular amenity for those from the Blackrock road etc at the time.
The clothes are upper class especially the children.
Admittedly the woman could be a nanny as opposed to their mother so she could possibly be a norrie.

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

Roches Stores 1983

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From the way people are dressed and waiting outside the entrance, it could have been the start of the January sales.
Some could have been waiting for number 8 bus too!

 

[Swanforthelough]

Extremely doubtful they're norries. The marina would've been a popular amenity for those from the Blackrock road etc at the time.
The clothes are upper class especially the children.
Admittedly the woman could be a nanny as opposed to their mother so she could possibly be a norrie.

Hardly, not a Glen jersey in sight.

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

Extremely doubtful they're norries. The marina would've been a popular amenity for those from the Blackrock road etc at the time.
The clothes are upper class especially the children.
Admittedly the woman could be a nanny as opposed to their mother so she could possibly be a norrie.

A Norrie as a nanny? I doubt it. Parents would have wanted refined girls to look after their children.
Norrie job would have been a maid more than likely!

 

[jimmym]

Hardly, not a Glen jersey in sight.

If you zoom in you can see the woman has indian ink on her knuckles... love hate,